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WASHINGTON — If they were thinking about getting tattoos, the Obama daughters might want to
reconsider.

Speaking on NBC’s
Today show in a segment filmed before the Boston Marathon bombings, President Barack Obama
revealed the strategy that he and first lady Michelle Obama have been using to keep their daughters
away from tattoos.

“What we’ve said to the girls is, ‘If you guys ever decide you’re going to get a tattoo, then
Mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo, in the same place, and we’ll go on YouTube and show it
off as a family tattoo,’ ” Obama said.

“Our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that’s a good way to
rebel."